It’s been just over a year since Prometheus grossed $403M on a reported budget of $130M. Despite turning a profit, Fox hasn’t been quick to greenlight a sequel, probably because Ridley Scott hasn’t agreed to direct one and Damon Lindelof has already said he wouldn’t write it. Now Variety and The Wrap are reporting that a new writer has been found.

Ridley Scott will produce Prometheus 2 through his Scott Free banner, but he may not return to direct. Noomi Rapace and Michael Fassbender are expected to return, and we don’t see how they could make the sequel without them.

Plot details are still be worked out but Scott has said in interviews that while the first Prometheus had several elements linking it to the Alien franchise, this latest installment will feel more like its own film. [Variety]

Hey, you know what would really raise the stakes for Prometheus 2 Da Extreme? More Michael Fassbender robots! Just a ship full of Fassbender robots merrily floating in space, solving mysteries. Maybe call the ship The Mystery Machine. And Noomi Rapace could rock an orange sweater/skirt/socks combo and chunky nerd glasses. I don’t know. Just spitballin’ here.

The more I think about it, the more pissed I get. All that crap about how they weren’t really doing a prequel to Alien is just a little too similar to “the bad guy isn’t Khan” in Star Trek. I’m sick of this oh-so-clever bullshit that they keep trying to pull. Damnit, now I’m pissed off again.

Prometheus was just “okay.” I like sci-fi. Sequels are never as good as the original (with the exception of Star Wars…all of those movies were great). I haven’t heard anyone really say Prometheus knocked their socks off. But, lots of people complaining about plot holes and how the story did not make sense. I think the $400 million had to do with the hype and major advertising around the movie (and the promise that it was tied to Alien). And, it made $400 million but cost $100 to make. What were the advertising costs? If Fox was not so quick to green light it, and Ridley is not so enthusiastic about directing a sequel, it must have not been all that profitable (if you factor in marketing on top of the $100 million) It will, however, be interesting to see how Fox is going to convince $400 million worth of ticket purchasers to spend money on a sequel when the first movie was not “Matrix” or “Hunger Games” knock your socks off good (plot wise) and when it is a movie that was supposed to be a prequel to Alien but kind of floated around on that “promised” connection as well. I wonder how many people went to see it thinking it had to do with Alien, and were disappointed. I guess we’ll see with the sequel right?